Having recently started a new training regimen myself, I am more aware now of the intensity of focus required to achieve extraordinary results in sports, or simply fitness.  For those of you following yummy Michael Phelps’ journey through China’s Olympics this year, don’t miss this excellent article in the New York Times about him.  It paints a picture of a singularly focused individual.  But, as with many Olympians, the portrait eerily hints at what can also be the dangerous side of such commitment: isolation and the inevitable question of: “What do I do next?”

By Matthew Feitshans